Tinc"ture (?), n. [L. tinctura a
dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, to tinge, dye: cf. OE.
tainture, teinture, F. teinture, L. tinctura.
See Tinge.] 1. A tinge or shade of color; a
tint; as, a tincture of red.
2. (Her.) One of the metals, colors, or furs
used in armory.
&fist; There are two metals: gold, called or, and represented in
engraving by a white surface covered with small dots; and silver, called
argent, and represented by a plain white surface. The colors and
their representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a
shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or horizontal lines;
black, called sable, or horizontal and vertical lines crossing;
green, called vert, or diagonal lines from dexter chief corner;
purple, called purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief
corner. The furs are ermine, ermines, erminois,
pean, vair, counter vair, potent, and
counter potent. See Illustration in Appendix.
3. The finer and more volatile parts of a
substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of
a body communicated to the solvent.
4. (Med.) A solution (commonly colored) of
medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit
containing medicinal substances in solution.
&fist; According to the United States Pharmacopœia, the term
tincture (also called alcoholic tincture, and spirituous
tincture) is reserved for the alcoholic solutions of nonvolatile
substances, alcoholic solutions of volatile substances being called
spirits.
Ethereal tincture, a solution of medicinal
substance in ether.
5. A slight taste superadded to any substance; as,
a tincture of orange peel.
6. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as,
a tincture of French manners.
All manners take a tincture from our
own.
Pope.
Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and
scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.
Macaulay.
Tinc"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tinctured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tincturing.] 1. To communicate a slight foreign
color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty
gay colors.
I. Watts.
2. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion
of anything foreign to; to tinge.
The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all
our soul.
Barrow.
Tinc"ture (?), n. [L. tinctura a
dyeing, from tingere, tinctum, to tinge, dye: cf. OE.
tainture, teinture, F. teinture, L. tinctura.
See Tinge.] 1. A tinge or shade of color; a
tint; as, a tincture of red.
2. (Her.) One of the metals, colors, or furs
used in armory.
&fist; There are two metals: gold, called or, and represented in
engraving by a white surface covered with small dots; and silver, called
argent, and represented by a plain white surface. The colors and
their representations are as follows: red, called gules, or a
shading of vertical lines; blue, called azure, or horizontal lines;
black, called sable, or horizontal and vertical lines crossing;
green, called vert, or diagonal lines from dexter chief corner;
purple, called purpure, or diagonal lines from sinister chief
corner. The furs are ermine, ermines, erminois,
pean, vair, counter vair, potent, and
counter potent. See Illustration in Appendix.
3. The finer and more volatile parts of a
substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the substance of
a body communicated to the solvent.
4. (Med.) A solution (commonly colored) of
medicinal substance in alcohol, usually more or less diluted; spirit
containing medicinal substances in solution.
&fist; According to the United States Pharmacopœia, the term
tincture (also called alcoholic tincture, and spirituous
tincture) is reserved for the alcoholic solutions of nonvolatile
substances, alcoholic solutions of volatile substances being called
spirits.
Ethereal tincture, a solution of medicinal
substance in ether.
5. A slight taste superadded to any substance; as,
a tincture of orange peel.
6. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge; as,
a tincture of French manners.
All manners take a tincture from our
own.
Pope.
Every man had a slight tincture of soldiership, and
scarcely any man more than a slight tincture.
Macaulay.
Tinc"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Tinctured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Tincturing.] 1. To communicate a slight foreign
color to; to tinge; to impregnate with some extraneous matter.
A little black paint will tincture and spoil twenty
gay colors.
I. Watts.
2. To imbue the mind of; to communicate a portion
of anything foreign to; to tinge.
The stain of habitual sin may thoroughly tincture all
our soul.
Barrow.
